Harvard Club of Washington, DC: Akiko Kobayashi, Violinist in Concert at Anderson House-FREE

New York-born violinist Akiko Kobayashi, who performs both solo and chamber music, has appeared as a soloist with the West Islip Symphony Orchestra, Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Suginami Kokaido Chamber Orchestra, and InterHarmony Festival Orchestra. Her recital appearances include Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in the Young Musicians Concert sponsored by the MTNA League; Steinway Hall in New York; Cathedral of St. John in New York; the Gala Chamber Music Concert at the Nyack Academy of Music Summer Festival; Bach-Archiv in Leipzig, Germany; Konzertsaal des Rathauses in Bavaria; and a benefit concert for the Annie Le Memorial Fellowship Fund sponsored by the Association of Yale Asian American Alumni. Past season highlights include a debut appearance in Chicago and solo with the West Islip Symphony.

She has appeared at international festivals such as the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Maine, the InterHarmony International Music Festival in the Berkshires and the Sulzbach-Rosenberg International Festival in Bavaria, where she performed as both soloist and chamber musician and was noted by the Stadt Sulzbach-Rosenberg for her performance of the Bach Ciaccona. Her awards include the American Protege International Strings and Piano Competition Winner, Richmond County Orchestra Concerto Competition Winner, and IBLA Grand Prize Distinguished Musician Award in Sicily where she was noted for her “precise and honest playing, with no artificial effects.” She has performed in master classes for the Stradivarius Society, Zvi Zeitlin, and Sergiu Schwartz.

Her interests include baroque performance and compositional practices, baroque violin bows, and violin and harpsichord works. She recently collaborated in a project describing the religious symbolism inherent in Bach’s secular works and performed the six Bach violin and keyboard sonatas in a series of weekly concerts.

She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and a Master of Music in Classical Violin from the Manhattan School of Music. Her teachers include Victor Aitay, Sidney Harth and Felix Galimir.

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